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Game Preview: KCR @ BOS, 7:05pm, Tuesday, July 17, 2007 @Fenway Park II

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Kansas City Royals, 40-53, 5th, 16 GB, 15 GB in WC

SP: Leo Nunez (23, RHP, 0-0, 2.25)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. BOS Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2006 (0-0)             13.1  15   7   7   5   7  2    4.73      
 2005 (3-2)             53.2  73  45  45  18  32  9    7.55      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS                                              inf      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.BOS    Has never faced BOS.
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   20-28   Road:   20-25   ExtrInn: 4-6 
 vsRHP:  31-35   vsLHP:   9-18   1-Run:  13-13
 vsEast:  7-14   vsCntrl:11-20   vsWest: 12-11 IL:10-8 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 93 Tue, Jul 17  @BOS  W   9-3       40-53  5th 16.0 gb
 92 Mon, Jul 16  @BOS  L   0-4       39-53  5th 16.0 gb
 91 Sun, Jul 15  @CLE  L   3-5       39-52  5th 15.5 gb
 90 Sat, Jul 14  @CLE  W   6-5       39-51  5th 14.5 gb
 89 Fri, Jul 13  @CLE  L   4-5       38-51  5th 15.5 gb
 88 Sun, Jul  8   TBD  W  12-4       38-50  5th 15.0 gb
 87 Sat, Jul  7   TBD  W   8-7       37-50  5th 15.0 gb
 86 Fri, Jul  6   TBD  L   5-6       36-50  5th 15.0 gb
 85 Wed, Jul  4   SEA  L   0-4       36-49  5th 15.5 gb
 84 Tue, Jul  3   SEA  W  17-3       36-48  5th 15.5 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:17-13
Boston Red Sox, 56-37, 1st, 8 up

SP: Tim Wakefield (40, RHP, 10-9, 4.69)

   2007 Gamelogs / 2007 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
 Split         Opp Dec   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR ERA/Pit GmSc
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 2007 (10-8)           112.2 109  58  56  42  64 15    4.47      
 2006 (7-11)           140   135  80  72  51  90 19    4.63      
 2005 (16-12)          225.1 210 113 104  68 151 35    4.15      
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 7 GS         5-2  44.2  50  24  24  10  26  8    4.84   47 
 2007-07-12    TOR   W   6     9   4   4   0   2  2      89   40 
 2007-07-04    TBD   W   6.1   7   4   4   2   2  1      90   43 
 2007-06-29    TEX   W   6.2   7   1   1   4   4  0     101   56 
 2007-06-23    SDP   L   5.1   8   6   6   0   4  3      75   32 
 2007-06-17    SFG   W   5.2   8   5   5   1   3  2      93   35 
 2007-06-12    COL   W   8     4   1   1   1   3  0     102   72 
 2007-06-06    OAK   L   6.2   7   3   3   2   8  0     116   54 
+------------+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+-------+----+
 Last 5 v.KCR      2-1  31.2  35  20  17  10  22  4    4.83   47 
 2006-07-17    KCR  ND   4     4   3   3   3   2  0      77   41 
 2005-08-02    KCR   W   7     6   4   4   0   7  2      96   56 
 2004-06-04    KCR   L   6.2   9   5   4   4   4  0     116   38 
 2004-05-07    KCR  ND   8     9   6   4   2   3  0     114   45 
 2003-04-29    KCR   W   6     7   2   2   1   6  2     106   55 
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch
 Home:   31-17   Road:   25-20   ExtrInn: 1-4 
 vsRHP:  43-24   vsLHP:  13-13   1-Run:  14-14
 vsEast: 21-11   vsCntrl:10-8    vsWest: 13-12 IL:12-6 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 93 Tue, Jul 17   KCR  L   3-9       56-37  1st  8.0 up
 92 Mon, Jul 16   KCR  W   4-0       56-36  1st  9.0 up
 91 Sun, Jul 15   TOR  L   1-2       55-36  1st  9.0 up
 90 Sat, Jul 14   TOR  W   9-4       55-35  1st 10.0 up
 89 Fri, Jul 13   TOR  L   5-6       54-35  1st 10.0 up
 88 Thu, Jul 12   TOR  W   7-4       54-34  1st 10.0 up
 87 Sun, Jul  8  @DET  L   5-6       53-34  1st 10.0 up
 86 Sat, Jul  7  @DET  L   2-3 (13)  53-33  1st 11.0 up
 85 Fri, Jul  6  @DET  L   2-9       53-32  1st 11.0 up
 84 Thu, Jul  5   TBD  W  15-4       53-31  1st 12.0 up
 Last 10: 4-6    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:15-15
Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Tue, Jul 17, 2007 KCR  9 @BOS  3    W:Jimmy Gobble (4-1), L: Tim Wakefield (10-9), S: none
Mon, Jul 16, 2007 BOS  4  KCR  0    W:Kason Gabbard (3-0), L: Brian Bannister (5-6), S: none
Thu, Apr 05, 2007 BOS  4 @KCR  1    W:Daisuke Matsuzaka (1-0), L: Zack Greinke (0-1), S: Jonathan Papelbon (1)
Wed, Apr 04, 2007 BOS  7 @KCR  1    W:Josh Beckett (1-0), L: Odalis Perez (0-1), S: none
Mon, Apr 02, 2007 KCR  7  BOS  1    W:Gil Meche (1-0), L: Curt Schilling (0-1), S: none

Sun, Sep 10, 2006 BOS  9  KCR  3    W:Julian Tavarez (3-4), L: Mark Redman (9-9), S: none
Sat, Sep 09, 2006 KCR 10 @BOS  4 (12)   W:Joe Nelson (1-1), L: Craig Breslow (0-1), S: none
Fri, Sep 08, 2006 KCR 10 @BOS  9    W:Ambiorix Burgos (4-5), L: Mike Timlin (6-5), S: Joe Nelson (6)
Thu, Aug 10, 2006 KCR  5  BOS  4    W:Andrew Sisco (1-2), L: Curt Schilling (14-5), S: Ambiorix Burgos (18)
Wed, Aug 09, 2006 KCR  5  BOS  4    W:Scott Dohmann (2-2), L: Jonathan Papelbon (3-2), S: none
Season Series: 2007 - BOS leads 3-2; 2006 - KCR won 5-4; 2005 - BOS won 4-2; All-Time - KCR leads 204-195

Key for Batter vs. Pitcher Grids on the next pageKey for Batter vs. Pitcher Grids Below

Batter vs. Pitcher totals are career totals. All others are year-to-date.

PA - Plate Appearances (AB+BB+HBP+SH+SF+CI)
BF - Batters Faced
BA - Batting Average
OBP - On-Base Percentage
SLG - Slugging Percentage
Last 28d - PA and OPS in the last 28 days.
SB/CS - Stolen Bases and Caught Stealing
HR/E - Home Runs and Errors Made
ERA-K/9 - Earned Run Average and SO per 9 IP
Total - Team totals for those categories.
Usage - See the note below the grid.
OPS - On-Base Percentage + Slugging Percentage (a good single number for measuring a player's hitting, avg. is .750 or so)
RA/G & RS/G - Runs scored and allowed per game.
PA/vRH - Plate Appearances overall/PA's vs. Right-handed Pitchers
Catcher Def. - Catcher Defense with each catcher's Stolen Bases, Caught Stealings, and Passed Balls allowed.
G/S/vB or G/S/vP - Links to the player's 2007 gamelogs, splits, or career batter vs. pitcher results
vLH/vRH - OPS vs. left-handed pitchers and vs. right-handed pitchers
Hm or Rd, Home or Road - OPS or OPS allowed in home or road games.
OF G: LF / CF / RF - A - Outfielders with the games played by position and their total number of assists
vs LHB - Batters faced and OPS allowed against left-handed batters
vs RHB - Batters faced and OPS allowed against right-handed batters
HR/SB/CS - Pitcher's Home Runs, Stolen Bases and Caught Stealings allowed

MLB Best, Middle, Worst

Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

RS/G

DET  5.94

LAD  4.65

WSN  3.79

RA/G

SDP  3.43

DET  4.73

TBD  6.16

BA

M. Ordonez  .358

K. Johjima  .287

R. Langerhans  .161

OBP

B. Bonds  .497

S. Stewart  .362

D. Navarro  .236

SLG

R. Braun  .688

R. Klesko  .456

D. Navarro  .252

OPS

R. Braun  1.086

M. Cuddyer  .818

D. Navarro  .488

ERA

C. Young  1.97

J. Francis  4.15

K. Wells  6.25

K/9IP

E. Bedard  10.91

D. Willis  6.10

A. Cook  2.82

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Kansas City Royals Batters (4.56 RS/G) vs. Boston Red Sox Pitchers (3.99 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 49.Wakefield
G/S/vB
17.Delcarmen
G/S/vB
48.Lopez*
G/S/vB
37.Okajima*
G/S/vB
58.Papelbon
G/S/vB
36.Pineiro
G/S/vB
39.Snyder
G/S/vB
50.Timlin
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
35.Brown G/S/vP 5/.650 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 3/1.666 8/.268 ··· 8/.750 239/142 .237/.301/.335/.636 .800/.525 .674 55/.631 8/0 4/2
14.Buck G/S/vP 5/.900 3/3.000 ··· 1/5.000 ··· 4/.500 ··· 4/.500 231/179 .245/.338/.541/.879 .993/.846 1.109 51/.612 0/0 15/7
21.Butler G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 105/71 .303/.333/.465/.798 .703/.844 .754 66/.944 0/0 3/1
9.DeJesus* G/S/vP 6/.334 3/.333 2/.500 1/.000 3/.000 11/.808 1/.000 3/.333 425/291 .275/.355/.402/.757 .715/.777 .752 101/.836 5/2 5/3
3.German G/S/vP ··· 2/1.000 1/.000 ··· 1/4.000 4/.000 ··· ··· 268/168 .281/.376/.390/.766 .785/.756 .570 81/.834 7/4 2/5
11.Gload* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· 4/.500 1/.000 5/.600 134/115 .262/.299/.405/.704 .474/.743 .763 33/.532 2/1 2/2
7.Gordon* G/S/vP ··· ··· 2/.500 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 348/262 .230/.320/.351/.671 .598/.695 .697 89/.719 10/2 6/10
15.Grudzielanek G/S/vP 6/.167 3/.333 ··· 1/.000 3/1.000 4/1.000 1/.000 7/2.428 250/163 .275/.320/.412/.732 .585/.811 .668 29/.749 0/0 4/4
6.LaRue G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 9/.444 121/85 .179/.267/.330/.597 .942/.453 .439 35/.645 1/0 3/1
1.Pena G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/2.000 1/.000 ··· 335/252 .272/.287/.359/.646 .622/.655 .434 79/.566 3/3 1/16
16.Sanders G/S/vP 13/.968 ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/.583 ··· 3/.000 57/38 .380/.456/.620/1.076 1.350/.936 .823 1/2.000 0/1 2/0
26.Smith* G/S/vP 6/.000 ··· 1/2.000 1/.000 2/.000 4/1.750 ··· ··· 64/55 .217/.266/.317/.583 .222/.644 .611 4/1.250 0/0 1/1
24.Teahen* G/S/vP 5/.400 1/2.000 1/no AB 1/.000 2/1.000 6/.334 ··· 4/.250 385/267 .285/.363/.406/.769 .698/.800 .687 97/.681 8/3 5/4
IP 119.0 13.2 25.0 45.1 33.2 32.0 34.2 28.0 TOTAL .259/.325/.389/.714 .707/.718 .678 48/19 63/62
ERA-K/9 4.69/4.9 1.32/8.5 3.60/6.1 0.79/7.7 1.87/12.8 5.06/5.1 3.12/6.5 3.86/3.5 3.73/7.0

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Buck (27-6-2)
 LaRue (15-8-2)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 478/.256 51/.136 105/.241 173/.171 134/.157 144/.291 149/.238 113/.260 .250  Teahen
 Brown
 DeJesus
 German
 Gload
 Sanders
 Butler
0/3/84/11
52/0/7/5
0/91/0/3
4/0/0/2
6/0/0/1
5/0/6/0
6/0/0/0
OPS .760 .379 .724 .438 .495 .805 .694 .758 .708
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 199/.755 19/.421 56/.779 57/.420 74/.458 63/.876 60/.404 39/.534 .694
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 279/.763 32/.355 49/.658 116/.447 60/.540 81/.750 89/.901 74/.877 .721
Home 242/.822 28/.433 50/.735 81/.407 66/.688 76/.935 101/.746 56/.613 .745
Last 28d days 106/.945 41/.419 36/.730 42/.518 35/.473 12/1.100 47/.687 54/.536
HR/SB/CS 15/22/4 0/2/1 1/0/1 1/1/0 3/3/0 3/1/0 2/3/1 5/0/1 77/52/14
Usage ·····X·· ···X·o·· ····o··· ···o·X·· ·····X·· ····X··· ····X··· ··o·X···
Boston Red Sox Batters (4.99 RS/G) vs. Kansas City Royals Pitchers (4.94 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS
G/S/vB
49.Bale*
G/S/vB
28.Dotel
G/S/vB
41.Gobble*
G/S/vB
23.Greinke
G/S/vB
58.Musser*
G/S/vB
57.Peralta
G/S/vB
54.Riske
G/S/vB
48.Soria
G/S/vB
PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
13.Cora* G/S/vP ··· ··· 8/1.167 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/no AB ··· 146/130 .279/.326/.450/.776 .580/.802 .610 41/.864 0/1 2/4
10.Crisp# G/S/vP 3/1.667 ··· 5/.400 12/.550 24/.541 1/.000 3/1.334 1/.000 1/.000 340/253 .266/.323/.387/.710 .842/.665 .698 85/.900 17/5 5/0
7.Drew* G/S/vP ··· ··· 14/.814 4/.750 6/1.167 1/2.000 1/no AB 2/.500 ··· 315/230 .259/.368/.391/.759 .649/.801 .775 76/.894 1/2 6/4
12.Hinske* G/S/vP 1/.000 ··· 2/.500 6/.533 6/1.500 ··· ··· 5/.200 ··· 113/101 .196/.301/.412/.713 .584/.729 .759 39/.921 0/0 4/3
25.Lowell G/S/vP ··· ··· 6/.333 1/.000 3/1.667 1/2.000 4/.750 2/.500 1/no AB 355/252 .301/.349/.512/.861 .842/.869 1.015 83/.799 2/1 14/13
23.Lugo G/S/vP 1/2.000 ··· 4/1.250 14/1.346 10/1.278 1/.000 4/.500 4/.500 ··· 358/261 .211/.278/.305/.583 .791/.510 .725 68/.623 24/2 5/9
28.Mirabelli G/S/vP ··· 2/5.000 2/1.000 3/2.667 ··· ··· 1/5.000 2/1.000 ··· 89/77 .185/.258/.321/.579 .533/.585 .538 23/.611 0/0 3/1
34.Ortiz* G/S/vP 1/no AB ··· 4/.750 6/1.667 7/.429 1/.000 4/1.500 4/.500 ··· 380/259 .322/.437/.576/1.013 .685/1.172 1.004 101/.935 1/0 16/0
15.Pedroia G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· 3/.666 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· ··· 298/204 .312/.393/.446/.839 .822/.847 .868 95/.806 2/0 4/3
22.Pena G/S/vP ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 134/77 .213/.284/.369/.653 .775/.561 .485 32/.509 0/1 4/3
24.Ramirez G/S/vP ··· 3/2.667 5/.000 6/.500 7/.929 1/.000 5/.000 5/1.400 ··· 381/278 .288/.383/.480/.863 1.190/.751 .895 91/.815 0/0 13/1
33.Varitek# G/S/vP 2/2.500 ··· 2/2.500 3/2.000 6/.834 1/.000 2/.000 4/.000 1/no AB 294/209 .275/.361/.443/.804 .797/.807 .865 77/.888 1/0 9/5
20.Youkilis G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· 2/.000 4/.250 ··· 5/.900 2/1.000 ··· 363/267 .317/.410/.485/.895 .892/.897 .935 66/.779 2/1 9/2
IP 4.0 2.0 19.0 33.0 73.1 20.1 57.1 42.2 39.2 TOTAL .275/.357/.440/.797 .815/.791 .831 51/13 95/52
ERA-K/9 2.25/6.8 0.00/9.0 3.32/10.9 2.73/7.1 4.54/7.5 4.87/5.8 3.77/8.0 2.53/7.2 2.04/10.9 4.54/6.2

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Mirabelli (24-6-5)
 Varitek (28-8-3)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA / 9/.375 87/.257 145/.298 307/.291 92/.301 228/.246 180/.253 154/.190 .278  Ramirez
 Crisp
 Pena
 Drew
 Hinske
83/0/0/6
0/83/0/4
14/12/26/3
0/0/76/1
12/0/8/0
OPS .750 .731 .848 .823 .900 .708 .708 .478 .789
vs LHB (BF-OPS) / 2/1.000 40/.741 77/.738 148/.845 29/1.164 85/.740 63/.483 56/.356 .772
vs RHB (BF-OPS) / 7/.666 47/.723 68/.971 159/.803 63/.767 143/.690 117/.824 98/.547 .800
Road / 9/.750 35/.811 74/.989 127/.679 29/.680 97/.700 90/.644 83/.468 .757
Last 28d days / 9/.750 41/.787 35/.854 51/.517 42/.643 47/.633 49/.585 38/.269
HR/SB/CS // 0/0/0 2/2/0 3/1/0 8/3/1 5/3/0 5/8/0 4/1/1 0/0/0 97/42/14
Usage ··X····· ···X···· ··Xoo··· ···Xo··· ·X······ ····X··· ··X·X··· ···Xo···

Usage -- each character represents the number of pitches thrown by the pitcher for yesterday, two days ago, three days ago, ...., up to eight days ago:
· - did not pitch; o - less than 16 pitches; X - at least 16 pitches (the median relief outing)
An Example ( ·X···o·X ): Yesterday off, 16 or more pitches, three days off, less than 16 pitches, day off, 16 or more pitches (8 days ago). Yesterday is in bold for improved scanning.

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